Sandra Clark 
Can Manchester City play a spoiler and shatter Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes?
Manchester City sent a warning signal to Arsenal and Liverpool after yesterday’s dominating win over Brighton and Hove.
Manchester City outclassed Brighton and Hove 4-0 last night, with excellent strikes from Kevin De Bruyne and Julian Alvarez, and doubles from Phil Foden. With this win, Manchester City is well placed in the second spot behind Arsenal with one point and ahead of Liverpool with two points. Moreover, Manchester City has played a total of 33 games so far which is one game less than Arsenal and Liverpool’s 34 games.
However, as per the Manchester City manager, Josep “Pep” Guardiola Sala, it is too early to predict the winner, and the title race will go down to the last day, “The title race is still open, Liverpool can come back from two defeats in a row, Arsenal can lose two games, it can happen to us,”.
Arsenal is at the top of the Premier League at the moment, and they are willing to do anything to take their first Premier League title after 21 years, on the other hand, Liverpool is also flexing their muscles. It will be interesting to know how everything goes from now onwards.
Let us explore the probability of each team winning this race.
What are Arsenal’s chances to win the title?
Arsenal’s chances are high as they are at the top of the Premier League table with the highest number of goals. They will have the advantage of a superior eight-point goal difference if required for the title race, however, Mikel Arteta’s team played 34 games as compared to City’s 33 so far.
Arsenal’s next matches are with Bournemouth, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. The first two will be easy peezee for Arsenal, the next two matches will be fun to watch as Tottenham restricted Arsenal to a draw in their last league tie, and, Manchester United has come to winning form and can cause upset to Arsenal. Arsenal would like to win all of their remaining four games and wish Manchester City to lose some to win their first title in 21 years.
What are Manchester City’s chances to win the title?
Manchester City is sitting in the second position with one less game, so if they win all five of their remaining games, they will create history to win four titles in a row. Pep Guardiola, the Spanish manager highlighted that the Cityzens will need to be very cautious at this moment as any bad game can slash their hopes. City faces Nottingham Forest, Wolves, Fulham, Tottenham, and West Ham.
It looks like an easy cruise for the city except for the Tottenham match, however, you never know if any major upset can happen.
The Sky Blues have to keep one eye on their goal tally as it can be a major factor in case of a tie at the top position.
What are Liverpool’s chances to win the title?
Liverpool is placed at their position with 74 points in 34 matches. The three-point difference between the top position Arsenal is the difficult ladder to climb now.
Liverpool’s last two consecutive losses against Everton and Crystal Palace can haunt them for their title race. In a nutshell, chances to win the title are quite slim for Liverpool, the only way they can win is by winning all their remaining matches with West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, and Wolverhampton Wanderers, and wish the top two teams lose some of their matches.